The
Council on Economic Priorities puts out an annual entitled "Shopping
for a Better World" in which they evaluate companies according
to their social and environmental track records, in order to encourage
consumers to vote with their dollar against corporate irresponsibility
and corruption. These are their 13 X-rated companies with an abridged
explanation of their crimes and products.

AMERICAN CYANAMID: Third largest emitter of toxic
waste in 1989 • Exports mercury waste to South African company
with poor disposal record.Products: Centrum vitamins, Thrive, Heritage, New Image
Shampoos, Night Spice After Shave.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY: Major contractor for
the nuclear weapons and nuclear power industries • 1,495,
Federal Worker Safety citations between 1982& 1990 (the most
of the nation's top ten corporations.)Products: G.E. & Miser light bulbs, Magicube Flash bulbs,
G.E. appliances.

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION: Has $8.3 million in
assets in South Africa •Continues to test on animals with
no investment in alternatives • One of the largest makers
of disposable diapers, yet lobbied against a one-cent tax on these
products Which contribute significantly to our solid waste crisis.Products: Clout paper towels, Huggies disposable diapers,
Kleenex tissue, Kotex, Softique.

PERDUE FARMS INC.: Cited for its maltreatment of
its employees, animals, and the environment. • Workers have
been routinely fired after developing debilitating workplace injuries
• Chickens often have less than one square foot to move-Fined
by the state of Virginia for water pollution.Products: Perdue packaged poultry products.

TEXACO INC.: Texas refinery cited for posing a
greater risk to public health than any other U.S. industrial facility
• Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline, operated by Texaco until 1989,
has spilled over 16 million gallons of oil into the Amazonian watershed
in past 20 years •
Military fuel contracts • Worker safety citations.Products: Texaco Gasoline, auto supplies.